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Crazy Highway Interchanges
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Most involve an intersting geographic feature, but well, some of these are cool
The first, located in albany NY, is well, complex
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Here is one in just north of Trenton, NJ involving I-95
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Here is one in downtown Trenton, NJ
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NYC, Queens, I-95, I-295, I-695(to the right), I-287, I-687, Hutchinson River Pkwy,
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Lrae
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11/28/04 03:08 PM
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Agrk,
Welcome to the BBS, and great views. I have one problem. I tried viewing the first interchange (Albany) and it doesn't load. It does work if I save it and then open it from the Viewer. You might try renaming it and then edit that post and re-attach the placemark. Am I the only one having problems with the first attachment? The placemark is good, just doesn't want to load from the post. 
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Re posted reloaded attcment, as per request.
As to problems, I can't really say, as I loaded it first, and I'm not too keen on the inner-workings of the program.
Thanks for the feedback,
Hope this helps.
PS. There is a peculer green tinted squere on the upper right.
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Lrae
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(Master Wizard)
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11/28/04 03:50 PM
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Thanks, the second one works... I wonder why the first post doesn't??
P.S. Turn on roads, it looks like something out of Gray's Anatomy!
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agrk
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(Tourist)
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11/28/04 03:57 PM
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We Engineers need to get insperatition from somewhere !!
Glad that helped
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Here's what's localy known as the Mixing Bowl. It's I-696, US-24 (Telegraph Rd.), M-10 (the Lodge Fwy) and Northwestern Hwy in Southfield Mi northwest of Detroit.
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This is I-696, I-275, I-96, M-5 and various surface streets in Farmington MI. Just west of the mixingbowl.
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64 and 264 (Virginia Beach)
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multiple interstates
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And from the town where freeways were invented, this freeway was opened in 1940... It has had a number of different names and parts; Arroyo Seco Parkway, Pasadena Freeway, Harbor Freeway, CA-110 and I-110. To finally become one long piece of concrete.
you've come a long way baby!
This historical freeway intersects Interstate 105 at this point. I-105 is also known as the Century Freeway and originally called the Glenn Anderson Freeway/Transitway.
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Lrae
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(Master Wizard)
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11/29/04 10:02 AM
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Freeway Interchange Tutorial
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For those of you living in other parts of the world, and I suppose even in some parts if the U.S., you may not be familiar with our somewhat exotic way of having roads intersect. In Paris, you have the Traffic Circle at the Arc de Triomphe, the English have the Magic Roundabout, In the Netherlands almost everyone rides Bicycles.
Because you need to know, here is a great site about Freeway Interchanges. Enjoy 
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agrk
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(Tourist)
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11/29/04 10:11 AM
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I beg to differ, in New Jersey (at least) we all thoes and more, we invented the Jughandle and the Median Barriar (the Jersey Median Berriar, see bellow)
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This interchange at I-270 & Sawmill Road in Columbus Ohio isn't crazy now. It used to be a traffic nightmare with 90 degree turns and lights at each end of the bridge. The rebuilt interchange shows the innovative X pattern with no 90 degree turns and only a single row of lights in the middle of the bridge.
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When I'm in Vegas and watching tv rather than "investing" my money in the machines downstairs, I always hear about the blessed traffic in the spaghetti bowl. Makes me hungry.
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Love the Albany one!
This isn't an interchange but rather a place that desperately needs an interchange. This is the north entrance to the Lions Gate bridge in Vancouver where 4 lanes plus 1 bus lane converge in a very short distance to 1 lane! Sometimes you get 2 lanes as it is a 3-lane bridge and the middle one alternates. With only 2 bridges crossing the water, this will be one of two spots people have to cross during the 2012 Olympics.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I am so going on vacation those 2 weeks...
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agrk
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(Tourist)
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11/30/04 06:44 AM
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vancover: 2010 (not 2012):
the 2012s:
the 5 2012 Bids are here
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Volleyball interchange near Media, Pennsylvania
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I'm surprised no one has posted this yet.
George Washington Bridge, NJ Side. I-80 & I-95 [express and local] along with US 46, NJ 4, US 9/9W/1, and a few more that I can't think of right now, with ramps to/from each from/to both the upper and lower levels of the bridge. Have fun figuring it out if you've never driven there 
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Here's one - the "Spider", in El Paso, TX
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Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Did you notice the way that person parked that bus?
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LOL
I don't think he's parked, I think he was just running over the curb. The busses in this down do that often.
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Here is one of my greats:
Rt 440 (I-287) which goes over the Outerbridge Crossings, intersects the Driscol Bridge (Garden State Parkway), and the new Rt.9/35 Bridge which both go over Ratian Bay.
I don't know what to call this; its a complet mess, or masterpice, whichever you'd like ot call it.
PS! It is not The Outer Bridge Crossing, although it does connect ot 287, the NYC outer loop, and is the fatherst crossing into NYC (Staten Island) from Mahatten. Infact . . .
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The Outerbridge Crossing was named in honor of Eugenius H. Outerbridge, first Chairman of the Port Authority
http://www.panynj.gov
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This one is VERY close to my house. In fact my car is at home...never mind. OK, this is the I-85 - I-285 interchange in Northeast Atlanta. THAT'S complex. In fact, the only name we have for it here (widely used) is spaghetti junction.
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This one is called *The Mix Master* and is located in Dallas, Texas.
For the 2 years I lived in Fort Worth, I dont think I heard any traffic reports for any roads other than the ones that flow into and out of this mess.
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Here is one in Arlington, Texas. The flyovers are unbelievably high. What makes this interesting is that there appears to be an accident in the middle of it all, causing quite a bit of traffic backup. If you pan further to the west you can see another traffic backup.
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I-75 and I-71 merge before crossing the grossly inadequate Brent Spence Bridge in downtown Cincinnati. Accidents here cause 5+ mile backups.
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Hi everybody!
I'm not sure if only highways in the US are allowed in this funny competition of wierd road planning ;-) but i have a nice intersection from Berlin for the competition that even has an interesting history (see text in the kmz-file).
It doensn't look too wierd (but still as complex as the last US-Intersections in this thread) but for a german autobahn-intersection it's quite a complex design at all (as it grew with the demands and it was not planned alltogether on a sratchboard).
As this is my first post on this board I hope I don't mess something up.
Greetings from Berlin (and sorry for my bad english)
Sebastian
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This one is a local favorite here in Phoenix. It's the I-10/I-17 interchange west of downtown, known here as "the Stack".
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Here is a rather graceful one in my home city.
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Quote:
This one is VERY close to my house. In fact my car is at home...never mind. OK, this is the I-85 - I-285 interchange in Northeast Atlanta. THAT'S complex. In fact, the only name we have for it here (widely used) is spaghetti junction.
Hello all, I thought this was the spaghetti Junction!!
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Something interesting in Norway?
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This is an interesting one in Detroit, where I-94 and M-10 come together. It's not crazy, but it's unique in that they don't build them like this anymore. It has 4 left-hand exits and 4 left-hand entrances, which make traffic terrible along 1-94.
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Loop 12 and I 30 in Grand Prairie, Tx This thing is bizarre in person.
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Near Dallas...It doesnt even look like this old pic anymore, the new one they are finishing now is pretty nifty, and there are a couple live webcams that are watching it, you can find em somewhere online
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Here's Rt 128 (I-95), Rt 30, and Mass Pike (I-90) in Weston MA. It's even got river crossings, a couple of golf courses and a railroad thrown in for good measure!
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Here's one in Houston, TX, the exchange of I-610 and I-59. Not the most interesting or unusual layout, but it is BIG.
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I 5 & I 8 , SanDiego, CA
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I 5 & I 8 , SanDiego, CA
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Interstate 90 just east of Downtown Cleveland was designed by a planner that failed physics....the freeway takes a 45% turn..despite a lowered speed limit and rumble strips, it is the site of numerous accidents....including a number of fatalities over the years...Hence it's local nickname.."Deadmans Curve".
For the sake of the driving public, Ohio is in the midst of a major redesign of this area of I-90.
Unfortunately, the time frame for completion is being measured in years...around 7 or 8 at last count.
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I75 and I40 KNOXVILLE, TN
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I have missed my turn on this one before
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Klahn
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(Tourist)
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07/26/05 11:01 PM
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Re: I75 and I40 KNOXVILLE, TN
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No kidding!
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Seaton
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(Tourist)
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07/30/05 04:28 PM
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I-75 and I-71 merge before crossing the grossly inadequate Brent Spence Bridge in downtown Cincinnati. Accidents here cause 5+ mile backups.
I'm not a traffic engineer and have never been to Cincinnati but I noticed there are several bridge crossings which literally go nowhere. Nobody made any effort to make the existing bridges connect to limited access highways. So everyone uses the Interstate bridges because they literally have to, hence the gridlock. It's a design flaw I have seen repeated in many metropolitan areas of the US.
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Something interesting in Norway?
If you zoom in closer you will see the beginning of the tunnel which terminates in Copenhagen.
For more info, click here:
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/oresund/index.html#oresund2
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Adman
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(Tourist)
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08/19/05 01:23 PM
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This is NOT Spaghetti Junction -- it is at 285 and 85 North. It is the big interchange north of Atlanta. I believe it is the biggest interchange in the world? or at least it was when it was built.
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Non-interchange near Bristol, PA. I-276 and I-95, both full-blown U.S. interstates, cross without any interchange at all.
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Dallas High Five model pics
At the time of post the project is 12 months ahead of schedule and expected to be completed in under 5 months.
Looking North
South
East
West
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchange - Melbourne!
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Here is one in Melbourne, Australia. If you follow this freeway southeast, there is another Keyhole placemark for another 'interchange'. With this and another interchange south of my placemark there is a triangle between the three freeways: Tullamarine Freeway (to Airport), Calder Freeway (to Raceway and outbound) and the Western Ring Road which goes around the city. Nice Highways America! Thanks
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges -Tokyo!
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Here is a nice one in Tokyo. I had the pleasure of travelling to Tokyo earlier in the year, the number of elevated highways there is amazing... they're everywhere. There are some above water near the Rainbow bridge too (not attached).
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - Alaska!
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The largest, most complex interchange in Alaska.
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Here is a strange one in South America. Not often ive seen interchanges just end at a field. And yet, there are cars between the field and the loop. Where did they come from, out of the dirt roads?
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges Bangkok
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Looks almost like a formula one track!
However seeing that this is the major mode of transportation!
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this is a yellow concrete eyesore on the motorways of britain. thank god they made a toll road that avoid the horrendous traffic on this thing. look east for more junctions on this - whoever had an idea to put a motorway through a city like this...
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I never could understand the logic in not just having cloverleaves everywhere, it must be a midwestern thing---clover leaves--
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One in shanghai... I hope it's not a repost... and may be the more complex i saw
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Here is one in Fort Worth, Texas. I kind of think it looks like a bunch of snakes. If you go a little further south there is also the I20/I35W interchange which is crazy too. Sweet view from the very top of this one.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - Brazil
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Cyclonic,
nice find, I think this is when they plan to one day build the highway further, and make it ready for the future.
phil
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One in shanghai... I hope it's not a repost... and may be the more complex i saw
that's close to being my new fav! thanks.
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Dual Flyovers in all directions! Cool!
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Cool. Just like the 105-110 in Los Angeles in Lrae's post to keep HOV traffic continually separated from "regular" traffic. Take a close look at this image to see how really intricate this design is. I lived in LA as construction started on this, but never got to watch it finish. I have since driven this and similar interchanges in the LA basin. I was lucky enough to watch construction start AND complete for the double-decking of the 110 freeway.
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This is wacked! The junstion of i-4 and i-75 east of Tampa FL
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=145025
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lucdave
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10/07/05 03:34 PM
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I-90 and the lake at Cleveland, OH
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If you have a chance to come into Cleveland to this part of I-90 I suggest you do. The highway is slightly elevated here and you go under the highway overpass and then you see the lake right in front of you (and really really big arrows reminding you to follow the curve and don't drive into the lake). It's a beautiful way to drive into Cleveland.
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This recently redone (1990's) interchange between the mainline of the Turnpike (NJTP) and the Goethals Bridge into Staten Island (PANYNJ)It needed to be a trumpet-like interchange, to allow for a single toll plaza for all traffic, however to do this in such cramped conditions, and to provide access to local roads, I-278, and NJTP a circular bowl was used at one end. Also interesting to note, is the 8 approaches to the NJTP, as the roadway is dulized into separate Car and Car+Truck Lanes.
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Wow, their goes your tax money.
Google Earth would be a great medium to analyse and compare dangerous interchanges. I see a cros once a while besides the road were a deadly accident took place. It might be a little obscure but if you put these places in a datalayer it could prevent a lot of misery.
Greatings,
arno
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges Bangkok
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Look at this one again! The roads end in drop offs!
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Looks almost like a formula one track!
However seeing that this is the major mode of transportation!
Regards,
TexErnie.
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Here's one north of Dallas. It's the interchange between 75 and 190 (George Bush Turnpike).
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And its Sweden-Denmark!! Not Norway.
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The short of is because they were to connect a little further south (Exit 40; you can't miss the freeway going into a side road) with I-95 going on US 13's current alignment and go to NJ across the US 1 bridge. That didn't work, so here we are now. But, the good news is there will be an interchange built here by 2012, as shown here: I-95/I-276/PA Turnpike Interchange . Just thought you'd like to know 
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Looks like a section is missing.
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Majoska
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11/24/05 05:30 PM
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 What about this Very crazy hightway. lat=25.9283096534, lon=-80.2085644369
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I'm surprised no one from the Philly area has posted this one yet, but I guess I will. Also known as "Al-Jo's Curve", this is, by far, one of the worst interchanges in the Philly area. The good news is that they plan on upgrading it soon.
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12/04/05 01:13 PM
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Believe! it´s true...
I usually go to the mall close to this highway (you can see it nearby , in the mall look at the "bird" close to the parking area.
Soon our government will connect this road to the Campinas State University (UNICAMP - straight ahead).
Don´t miss the bird,,, it´s crazy....
CYA
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I never could understand the logic in not just having cloverleaves everywhere, it must be a midwestern thing---clover leaves--
They've been destroying the cloverleaves here in far NW Indiana. Too bad, because the cloverleaf arrangement lets you just keep turning in case you make a mistake.
Can't do that with those spaghetti piles the engineers like to saddle us with now. They look sexy, but they're suxy.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - OFF TOPIC
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I like the big "North" arrow at the upper part of Kastrup, Airport.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - Placemark File
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Most involve an intersting geographic feature, but well, some of these are cool
The first, located in albany NY, is well, complex
Having been run over by the ball that agrk so adeptly rolled down the hill, I have taken the liberty of compiling lots of these cement knots into a Placemark file, referenced in a new thread, titled "Interstate Spaghetti."
Find it at:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded....true#Post258178
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Hi! I live here, in Campinas - SP - Brazil.
It´s no a stranger local. Just the road is not finished yet. The photo don´t show the barricade. Some parts the road are obstructed.
Olá. Eu moro aqui em Campinas - SP - Brasil
Este não é um local estranho. Apenas a rodovia não está terminada ainda. a foto não mostra a barricada. Algumas partes da rodovia estão interditadas.
Bye.
plinio andrade
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges-Beijing Tour
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Here's a tour of some Beijing Interchanges you might find "enlightening".
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Wow !!!!!!!!! 
firefysh.
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vargas
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(First Post)
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Take a look on 18 Rd (south), in New Jersey......funny...the freeway ends and u can see a bus coming from 'nothing'..... (sorry guys but I dont know how to 'post' this on the Google Earth!!!!) The 18 Rd South is close to Parkway Rd, Central Jersey State....
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - Explanation
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Teh interchange u posted DOES end in a field. It was built as an access to Parque Dom Pedro SHopping Center. The "8 like" curves have to be that way, coz we r in a highway. The weird thing is the other streets that go towards the field. but u can go there someday an see it with your own eyes! Weird and cool!!
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Grandview Triangle
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I am surprised that no one here ever place mark this infamous interchange in the Kansas City Area. Oh well here's the info on it.
This is busiest interchange in the Kansas City Area. It Involves Freeways (I-435, I-470, and US-71 (future I-49) coming in from 5 directions and the Red Bridge Rd Interchange. It is in the process of a 9 year reconstruction project that started in 2000 and should be completed in 2008. The Triangle has its own webpage at http://www.kctriangle.org/
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02/23/06 03:26 AM
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There is a crazy roundabout in Hemel Hempstead in the UK. Unfortunately the area in Hemel is Low Res, so I can't put a placemark, but here's some info and a picture of how complicated it is!
It's called the Magic Roundabout. I've also heard it called the Tragic Roundabout!
Info from Answers.com:
The Magic Roundabout or Funny Roundabout in Hemel Hempstead is the familiar name given to a complex road junction also known as the Moor End roundabout.
Constructed in the 1970s to reduce the congestion at the original roundabout where seven roads intersected, it was one of the first bi-directional roundabouts to be constructed in the UK. At the junction of each road with the roundabout a mini-roundabout is present and subject to the normal clockwise direction of travel for all traffic. Between these mini-roundabouts however traffic is permitted to travel clockwise or anti-clockwise around the larger roundabout, the expectation being that drivers would choose the shorter route with less stationary traffic.
The graphic shows the original roundabout; currently Marlowes ('1') is not connected to the roundabout.
Trivia
When the new junction was first opened, a camera was placed overlooking the roundabout on the roof of the adjacent Kodak HQ building. It was noted many drivers would get 'lost' and make repeated reversals of direction between joining the roundabout and eventually leaving it.
The road labelled '2' is the dual-carriageway St Albans Road and provides the main access to Hemel from the M1 motorway. Shortly after the opening the driver of an articulated lorry failed to understand the new junction so tried to drive straight across the middle. Given that there is a river in the middle, which is not visible from the road, his vehicle got stuck there.
The roundabout is widely believed to be if not the only roundabout with a surface river running through it, certainly the only bi-directional roundabout with such a feature.
I've driven on this roundabout a few times, and you really have to keep your wits about you!
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Take a look on 18 Rd (south), in New Jersey......funny...the freeway ends and u can see a bus coming from 'nothing'..... (sorry guys but I dont know how to 'post' this on the Google Earth!!!!) The 18 Rd South is close to Parkway Rd, Central Jersey State....
Well, here's the placemark for where vargas was talking about. A little history behind this: Back in the 90s, the State of NJ had purchased all the right of way it needed to complete NJ 18 from this point down to the former Brielle Circle (the junction of NJ 34, NJ 35, and NJ 70, about 6 miles south of here) except for 100 acres it needed from a farm right near the junction. The owner fought and fought with the State, and neither side gave any concessions. Right before the State declared "eminent domain" (the law that allows the government to forcibly take property if proven that it would provide the public with a much better service than being privately owned), the children of the farmer declared that they would sell to the State, should they be given the chance. So, they waited, and in 2000 (or around there), the farmer died, and everyone thought that NJ 18 could be finished once and for all. Well, they were mistaken as the farmer left his property to a trust that was established for the preservation of farmland forever. Unless the children can prove that those were not his intentions (which is doubtful), the extension is dead, because were the "ghost roads" end now is the property line of the farmer's land, so NJ couldn't build around it.
Last I heard, the remaining right of way they purchased is being converted to bike paths, but that may be just speculation. It appears, unless there's an absolute miracle, NJ 18's current end at Exit 6 (NJ 138) will be its permanent end.
On a related note, there is talk of upgrading I-195 from its current end at NJ 34 (Exit 34, ironially) to NJ 35 along current NJ 138. Should that ever happen, NJ 18 could be upgraded to possibly I-395, but I don't anticipate that in my lifetime. Ever since the farmer stood up to the State, the neighbors are very adimate in keeping his "legacy" of non-progress going. So much for an easy route to the Shore...
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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This one, in Phoenix, is really crazy. Something went wrong somewhere!
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges-Akron
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The central interchange in Akron, OH. I-77, I-76 & State Route 8 intersection.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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Something interesting in Norway?
This combined bridge / under water tunnel lies between Sweden and Denmark.
And I'm afraid it's quite operational.
The road doesn't end it's goes under water.
/Luke
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cfetch2
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04/10/06 06:26 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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planning is well under way for this interchange. It's going to cost over a $1 billion. you can find information as well as a picture of what it's going to look like at http://www.paturnpikei95.com.
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cfetch2
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04/10/06 06:27 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges (PA 276/ I-95)
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planning is well under way for this interchange. It's going to cost over a $1 billion. you can find information as well as a picture of what it's going to look like at http://www.paturnpikei95.com.
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cluth
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04/22/06 05:57 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges - Alaska!
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This is probably also the biggest bridge in Alaska. For a state with lots of mountains, canyons, and that's a fifth the size of the continental U.S. (hey, if we split in half, Texas'd be the third largest state! :-P), there's not a lot in the way of majestic highway engineering up here. Probably because we only have a couple thousand miles of roads. (At least 75% of the state is inaccessible by road.)
I think the new interchange between Wasilla and Palmer is a bit bigger than the A/C St. bridge, though. I'd attach a placemark, but the imagery in GE has not been updated yet to show it.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges-El Toro Y in CA
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Searched and couldn't find anything about the 5 and 405 intersection in Orange County, surprisingly. According to Wikipedia, the El Toro Y is one of the widest sections of highway in the world at 26 lanes wide.
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06/19/06 01:04 AM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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Here is a strange one in South America. Not often ive seen interchanges just end at a field. And yet, there are cars between the field and the loop. Where did they come from, out of the dirt roads?
Hey man, that is normal. They are planning to continue building there but since there's no need yet, they just stopped there.
A lot of people use that to make burnout ith the cars and do a "cavalinho de pau" lol, i love it. Ill take some pics for you!
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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An interchange in Mobile, Alabama... Reminds me of a corkscrew... i-10 traffic makes an obtuse turn...making it pretty easy...it leads to a tunnel
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(Tourist)
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04/11/07 04:42 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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I'm a guy named Daniel , and just to tell you , I live in Henderson , a suburb of Las Vegas. And to get to a few casinos that are my favorites , or go to Mt. Charleston , I have to pass the Spaghetti bowl. You're correct because there is a lot of traffic . Pasta is my favorite food so I , just like you , feel hungry when I am at the spaghetti bown. I hope they're giant!
46guys
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Man, I live near this crazy interchange and drive to the mall (Dom Pedro Shopping) at least once a week. There is a project to extend the highway from this point until Unicamp, the college located after that field. Nowadays there is no traffic from the field, all the cars comes from the mall and goes to the other highway, right behind the first ones. The cars between the field and the loop are driving out of the law, because the road not ready yet and the signs were taken off , and they try to get faster to the other highway.
I believe that I´ve been clear, despite my poor English.
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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Hi,
This is the Oresund bridge, a really cool bridge/ tunnel combination that connects Denmark to Sweden (Norway is 250 miles further north). Trains and a highway share this bridge and the last mile goes underground to avoid a busy shipping lane and Copenhagen Airport. There are no border controls because Sweden and Denmark are part of the Schengen agreement (no border controls within the EU, except for UK and Ireland.)
It only takes 20 minutes to cross over and a lot of people now live in south Sweden and work in Copenhagen because the living costs are cheaper in Sweden (except the beer is not cheap!)
Regards,
Hop & Grape
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Shinna
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01/04/08 01:42 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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theres one sorry if its already been posted
Spaghetti Junction
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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Actually, this particular interchange is located west of Arlington where I-30 and Loop 820 intersect. I used to live about a mile from there. The area has changed greatly since I lived there in the '70s, but I did find the house I lived in just east of here. This particular area is known as Handley (East Ft. Worth).
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Zelani
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05/07/08 06:49 PM
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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I live in the area and was also baffled when they built it. It was built to give road access to the shopping mall directly to the south (one of the largest in Latin America). My guess is that the north access indicates there are plans to use the interchange in the future to link the highway directly to the Campinas State University (look for concentric circle streets to the north, that's it).
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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The loop is mainly to access the big mall south to it. There is a road planned to go north from it in the future.
The mall is the biggest in Brazil, may be in South America. Not beautifull tough.
Dimas
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Re: Crazy Highway Interchanges
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This is actually a very efficient looking interchange.
It appears that EXITING traffic is taken off of the main before the driver gets confuesd about and A-NORTH or B-South exit.
1 task at a time for these motorists.
I'd be willing to bet that accidents are nominal or below the regional average within th interchange area. Let me know
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